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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why do the men insist that their food supplies be delivered to their boat immediately?
(a) They have no food available.
(b) They are worried the food might spoil.
(c) They need to divide the food supplies into daily portions before leaving.
(d) So they can get back on the river.

2. Where does George end up sleeping when he first visits Datchet?
(a) In the forest.
(b) The second inn where he stopped.
(c) A private home.
(d) The first inn where he stopped.

3. What kind of canned item can the men not get open during their trip?
(a) Gravy.
(b) Peaches.
(c) Peas.
(d) Pineapple.

4. Why would J. get into trouble when he tried to make rafts?
(a) He made them too large.
(b) He would steal the material he needed.
(c) He made them too small.
(d) He was supposed to be at school instead.

5. Where do the men decide they must bathe during their trip?
(a) In a pond.
(b) In the river.
(c) At a private bathroom on land somewhere.
(d) In the boat's bathtub.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose shirt does J. accidentally fling into the river?

2. Where near Sonning do the men decide to camp?

3. J. thinks that Montmorency's breed of dog has a ______________nature.

4. Why does J. have trouble sleeping near Picnic Point?

5. What condiment do the men lament not having for their beef during their trip?

Short Essay Questions

1. What change does J. notice about the group after they eat a large supper near Picnic Point?

2. What does George decide to do once he realizes he cannot go back to sleep the night his watch stops working?

3. How does Montmorency react to the tea kettle the night everyone makes stew?

4. What does J. think about rowing on the sea?

5. Why does J.'s ode to night at the end of Chapter 10 seem so out of character?

6. Why does George's reaction change from laughter when J. accidentally flings his own shirt into the river?

7. What does Harris claim happens to him while George and J. are at Henley?

8. What formula does J.'s friend have when it comes to exaggerating his fishing successes?

9. After George's watch stops working, what does the policeman do when George asks him for the time?

10. What does J.'s friend miscalculate with the punt when they are boating together?

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